Gearing for washing-machines.



r W. RUTHVEN. GEARING FOR WASHING MACHINES. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 14, 1907. RENEWED my 13,1909.

935,551, Patented8ept28, 1909.

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GEARTNG FOR WASHING-MACHIN ES.

Specification of letters Iatent.

Application filed. March 14-, 1907, Serial No. 362,40o. Renewed May 13, 1969. Serial No. 495,834.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that It, WILLIAM RUTHVEN, acitizen of theUnited States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State oflllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Gearing for Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention is concerned with a novel mechanism primarily designed for transforming the swinging movement of the operating lever of a washing machine into the rotary movement of the stirrer highspeed rotary movement of the fly wheel associated therewith, to give evenness and ease of operation tosuch machines, despite the reciprocating movement of the main parts thereof.- a i To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto a sheet of drawings, in which the same refer'ence characters are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which,-

Figure l is a top plan view of a machine embodying my invention in its preferred form; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the casting forming the bearing for the various elements of, the mechanism; and Fig. 4 is an inverted pla n view of the transmission lever.

My invention is adapted to be employed in connection with a tub 10 of the ordinary construction, which is supported at a suit able height by legs, the lid 11 hinged thereto, as at 12, and the ,entire gearing is preferably carried by said "lid, so that when it is raised, the gearing moves with it. v The heater shaft, the upper end of which is indicated in dotted lines at 13, is journaled in the bearing 141 formed on the end of the bearing casting 15, shown detached in Fig. 3, which is secured to the lid inany suitable manner, as by the screws or bolts 16. This beater shaft carries on the upper end the pinion 17 likewise indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The handle l8 is secured in theisocket 19 of the lever casting 20, which has the bearing aperture'by which the lever is mounted to swing upon the hearing pin 21 projecting horizontally from the angle of the casting 15. This lever casting 20 has projecting downwardly therefrom the arm 22 carrying the which has the link Qtpivoted thereon at one end, theother end of said link being pivoted upon the eccentric bearing pin 25 secured to not shown, and which has eccentric pin 23,

the gear wheel 26, which is mounted upon the horizontal bearing pin 27 projecting from the end of the casting 15. The inter- -m'edi at'e remaining horizontal bearing pin 28, likewise projecting from the casting 15,

has journa-led thereon hub of which has secured thereto or formed integrally therewith the pinion 30, which meshes with the gear wheels 20, so that as the handle or lever 18 is swung, thefly wheel 29 will be rotated at a high rate of speed to furnish the necessary momentum for an even and easy operation of the machine, The lever casting 2O likewise has formed thereon, opposite to the arm 22,. the segmental bevel gear teeth 31, which ing set of bevel gear teeth 32, which, in my preferred form, are carried by the adjacent end of the transmission lever '33, which is pivoted intermediate its ends upon the bearing pin 34- proj casting 15. The lever 33 has ro'ectin downwardly from p J 6 its other endthe segmental gear teeth 34, which are preferably of the internal type, so as to cover the pinion l7 and prevent the" possibility of an thin being eairght therein; and to further securh 'this end, 1 preferably extend along the sides of the lever the downwardly projecting flanges 35', so that the pinion 1'? is practically mesh with a correspond 1 Patented Sept. 28, 19ml,

the fly wheel 29, the

ectin'g vertically from the entirely inclosed. It will be readily apparent that when the lever or handle 18' is pergive ment suitably pivoted to the casting 15, and the two segments be connected by a link.

VVhil'e I have shown and described my ventionas embodied in the form which I at present consider'hest adapted to carry out its purposes, it wiiibe understood that it is capahle'ot mcdificatibns, and that I do not desire to'he limited in the interpretation of rotary motion-to the heater and 34 as carried upon,

each setof said: teeth might be carried upon a separate seg 5 the following elai'r'nsexcept as may be necessita'wd by thestat'e of the prior art'. I

1 at K emlin-as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,'--

1. In a device'of the class described, the

the operating lever and-the fly wheelfor' rapidly rotating the latter.

g 2. In a device of'the class described, the

combination with the stirrer .shaft and a pinione carried thereby, .of the [operating lever, a gear segment carried thereby,}the transmission lever having the gear-teeth at its ends meshing with said pinion and seg ment, the fly wheel, and connections between "the operating lever and the wheel for rapidly rotating-the latter, said 'conneetions oonsisting of the arm on the lever, the gear wheel having an eccentric pin, thelink pivoted to said arm'and 'to thepim'and a pinion car- .ried by the fly wheel. meshing with thegear 'wheel.

In a device of the class described the combination with. the stirrer shaft, of the operating lever, the transmission lever, gearing connecting the transmission lever with the operating lever and the stirrer shaft to transform the angular movement of the operating lever into a greater angular movement of the stirrer shaft, the fly wheel, and connections between the operating lever and the fly wheel for rapidly rotating the latter.

4. In a devicecof the'class described, the

combination with the stirrer shaft, of the operating lever, the transmission lever, gearing connecting the transmission lever with the oerating lever and the stirrer shaft to trans? crating lever into a'greater angular movement of the stirrer shaft, the fly wheel, and connections between the operating lever and the fly wheel for rapidly rotating the latter, said connections consisting of the arm on the lever, the gear wheel having an eccentric pin, the linklpivot ed to said arm and to the pin,-'and a pinion carried by the fly wheel meshing with the gear wheel.

5. In a device of the class described, the

combination with the casting 15 having the bearingpins 27, 28,21 and 34, and the bearing 14, of the stirrer shaft journaled in the bearing 14 having the pinion 17 on its upper I end, the lever pivoted on the pin 21 and aving the gear segment, and the arm. carrying the pin 23 thereon, the transmission lever pivoted on the pin 34 and having the gear teeth at its ends meshing with said pinion and segment, the gear wheel pivoted on the in 27 and having the eccentric pin '25, the ink-connecting the pins 23 and 25,.and the fly wheel having the pinion 30 formed on the hub thereof, mounted on the pin 27 andmeshing with. the gear wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

transmission lever having the internally orm the angular movement of the op-'.

'6. In a device of the class described, the combination with the stirrer shaft and a pinion carried thereby, of the operating lever, a gear segment carried thereby, the

toothed segmental end covering and engaging the pinion, and the segmental teeth at the other end meshing with the gear seg- .ment.jonflthe operating lever, the fly wheel,

and connections between the operating lever and thewheel for rapidly rotating the latter. T. In a device of the class described, the

combination; with the stirrer shaft and a pinion carried thereby, of the operating lever,

a gea'r segment carried thereby, the transso mission lever having the internally toothed segmental end 'coverin and engaging the ,pinion, and provided w th the downwardlyextending flanges- 35 for the purpose described, and the segmental teeth at the other end meshing with the gear segment on the operating lever, the 'fly wheel, and connec-. tlons between the operating lever and the wheel for rapidlyrotating the latter.

8. In a device ofthe class described, the combination with the stirrer shaft and a plain pinion carried thereby, of the opera'tc ing lever mounted on ahorizontal pivot and having the vertical bevel gear segment car-" ried thereby, a horizontal segmental gear 9-5 meshing with the segment'on the operating lever, mechanism for supporting and connecting said horizontal bevel gear segment and said horizontal segmental gear so that they will reciprocate in unison, the fly wheel, and connections between the operating lever and the wheel for rapidly rotating the latter.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with the stirrer shaft and a plain pinion carried thereby, of the operas ing lever mounted on a horizontalpivot and having the vertical bevel gear segment carried thereby, a horizontal segmental gear meshing with the pinion, a horizontal bevel gear segment meshing with the segment on the operating lever, mechanism for'supportingand connecting said horizontal bevel gear segment andsaid horizontal segmental gear so that they -,iwill reciprocate in unison, the fly wheel, and connections between the op- 11 erating lever and the wheel for rapidly rotating the latter, said connections consisting of-the arm onthe lever, the gear wheel havingan eccentric pin, the link pivoted to said arm and'to the pin, and a pinion carried by the fly wheel meshing with the gear wheel.

10. In a device of the class described, the casting 20 having the bearing aperture, the handle socket, the link arm, andthe gear segment, substantially as described. 11. In a device of the class described, the. rocking element having the bearing aperture, the handle socket, the eccentric bearing pin for the=link, and the gear segment, subsltantially as described.

eccentric bearing pin, and segmental teeth thereon; a link connecting said bearing pins; a stirring shaft; connections between said shaft and rocking element cooperating with the teeth onfthe latter, forcausing the rocking of the element to rock the shaft; and a handle in said socket.

13. In a device ofthe classdescribed, the combination with a fly wheel and a pinion secured thereto; of a driving gear wheel meshing with the pinion and carrying an. eccentric bearing pm; a rocking element having a bearing recess, a handle; socket, an eccentric bearmg pin, and another engaging element; a link connecting said bearing pins; a stirring shaft; and connections between said shaft and rocking elementcotiperating with said engaging element, for causing the rock.-

ing of the element to rock the shaft; and a handle in said socket. 1

l4. Ina device of the class described, the combinationwith a fly wheel and a pinion secured thereto; of a driving gear wheel meshing with the pinion and carrying an eccentric bearing pin, a rocking element having a bearing. recess, a handle socket, an eccentric bearing pin, and another engaging element;a link connecting said bearing pins, a stirring shaft; a

nectionsbet-ween said-shaft and rocking element cotiperatingi with the gear pinion on the stirring shaft and with said engaging member, gearing connecting the transmiselement, for causing the rocking of the elementto ro ckthe shaft; and a handle in said 1 5. .In a device'of the class described, the combination with a stirrer shaft, of a pivoted member, a transmission lever whose axis is at right angles to that of the pivoted sion lever with the pivoted member at one ,end andlwith't'he stirrershaft at the other end to transform the angular movement of the pivoted member nto a greater angular movement of the stirrer shaft, a fly wheel,

connections between the pivoted member and the fly wheel fonrapidly rotating the latter,

and a. lever handle for moving said pivoted member and transmission lever.

16. In a device of the'classdescribed, the combination with a fly wheel anda pinion secured. thereto; of a driving gear wheel meshing with the pinion and carrying an eccentric bearing-pin; a rocking lement havg a bearing recess, a handle socket, and segmental teeth thereon; connections between said rocking element and ,eccentric bearing-pin to transform the rocking movement of the former into the continuous rotaryimovement pinion on said shaft; conof the driving gear wheel; a

connections between said shaft and rockin element cotiperating with the ethton the atter for causing the rocking of the element to rock the shaft; and a steering shaft;

. handle in said socket.

17 In 'a device-of theclass described, the

combination-with a fly wheel and a pinion secured thereto; of a driving gear wheel meshing with the piniomand carrying an ec- 'centrlc bearing-pin; a

rocking element having a bearing recess, a handle socket, and another engaging element; connections between said rocking element and eccentric bearin -pin to transform the rocking movement of the former" into the continuous ro- .tary movement of tlie'jdriving gear-wheel; a

stirring shaft; and connections between said shaft and rocking elementcooperating with said engaging element for' causing the rock-' ing of the element to rock the shaft; and a,

handle in said socket.'

"18; In a device of the class described, the combination with a fly wheel and a pinion secured thereto; of a driving gear-wheel meshing with the pinion and carrying an eccentric bearing-pin; a rocking element having a bearing recess, a handle socket, and another engaging element; connections between said rocking elementand eccentric bearing-pin to transform the rocking movement of the former into the "continuous rotary movement of the driving gear-wheel; a stirring shaft; a pinion on said shaft; connections between said shaft and rocking element coiiperating with the gear pinion upon the stirring shaft and with said engaging element for causing the rocking of the rocking element to rock the shaft; and a handle in said socket.

19. In a device of the class described, the combination with a stirrer shaft and a pinion carried thereby, of a rocking element having a bevel ear segment and an arm, a transmission Iever having gear teeth at its ends meshing with said pinion and the bevel-gear segment, a wheel, a pinion carried by the. wheel, a gear wheel having an eccentric pin and meshing with the pinion carried by the wheel, a frame having a bearing aperture therein for the stirrer shaft, a bearing stud carried by the frame for the transmission lever, bearing studs likewise carried by the frame for the rocking element and the gear wheel and extending at rightangles to the first mentioned stud, and a pitman pivoted to the arm of the rocking element. and t0 the eccentric pin.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aflixed my seal, this 11th day.

of March, A; D. 1907.

WILLIAM RUTHVEN. [n s] \Vitnesses:

JOHN H. MCELROY, M. S. Brennan. 

